Zusatztext I love this book, and the Sorensons, so much Informationen zum Autor CLAIRE LOMBARDO earned her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her debut novel, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been translated or is forthcoming in over a dozen languages. It has been optioned for television by Reese Witherspoon. SAME AS IT EVER WAS is her second novel. Claire has worked as a social worker and currently teaches fiction writing. She was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and now lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Klappentext At a family wedding, the four Sorenson sisters polka-dot the green lawn in their summer pastels, with varying shades of hair and varying degrees of unease. Their long-infatuated parents watch on with a combination of love and concern. Sixteen years later, the already messy lives of the sisters are thrown into turmoil by the unexpected reappearance of a teenage boy given up for adoption years earlier - and the rich and varied tapestry of the Sorensons' past is revealed. Weaving between past and present, The Most Fun We Ever Had portrays the delights and difficulties of family life and the endlessly complex mixture of affection and abhorrence we feel for those closest to us. A dazzlingly accomplished debut and an utterly immersive portrait of one family's becoming, it marks the arrival of a major new literary voice. Vorwort 'The literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler' Observer 'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller 'Should appeal to fans of Maria Semple, Emma Straub and Jennifer Egan' Sunday Times 'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' Red Zusammenfassung 'The literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler' Observer'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller'Should appeal to fans of Maria Semple, Emma Straub and Jennifer Egan' Sunday Times'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' Red...

I love this book, and the Sorensons, so much

Vorwort

'The literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler' Observer

'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller

'Should appeal to fans of Maria Semple, Emma Straub and Jennifer Egan' Sunday Times

'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' Red

Autorentext
CLAIRE LOMBARDO earned her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her debut novel, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been translated or is forthcoming in over a dozen languages. It has been optioned for television by Reese Witherspoon. SAME AS IT EVER WAS is her second novel. Claire has worked as a social worker and currently teaches fiction writing. She was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and now lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

Klappentext

At a family wedding, the four Sorenson sisters polka-dot the green lawn in their summer pastels, with varying shades of hair and varying degrees of unease. Their long-infatuated parents watch on with a combination of love and concern.

Sixteen years later, the already messy lives of the sisters are thrown into turmoil by the unexpected reappearance of a teenage boy given up for adoption years earlier - and the rich and varied tapestry of the Sorensons' past is revealed.

Weaving between past and present, The Most Fun We Ever Had portrays the delights and difficulties of family life and the endlessly complex mixture of affection and abhorrence we feel for those closest to us. A dazzlingly accomplished debut and an utterly immersive portrait of one family's becoming, it marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.

Zusammenfassung
'The literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler' Observer'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller'Should appeal to fans of Maria Semple, Emma Straub and Jennifer Egan' Sunday Times'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' Red